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Having been running for more than a quarter of a century, the Romney Marsh Classic Bikejumble returns to Hamstreet, near Ashford in Kent, again on Sunday, September 15, with a massive all-motorcycle autojumble and a ride-in bike show with spot cash prizes – £25 each for Best Classic (pre-1990) and Best Post-Classic! Outdoors autojumble pitches…

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Saxilby Bikers Club would like to thank everyone who turned out to support the annual fundraising event held at The Anglers in Saxilby on July 21 and who helped make it such a success. The perfect weather attracted more than 300 bikers, and many locals on bikes and on foot, to join the club in…

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Following the review of this title in the June issue of OBM, we’ve been informed that the email address that we published for the author was incomplete, so those of you wishing to order a copy of this fascinating tome should use the email address [email protected] Read more News and Features in the September 2019…

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The Stratford Autojumble, set for Sunday, September 15, is now sponsored by the world-famous Bonhams auctioneer’s specialist motoring department, Bonhams MPH. Based close to the Stratford autojumble venue (at the iconic horse race course in Stratford), Bonhams MPH operates from Bicester Heritage Centre, at the former Bicester RAF base. The centre focuses on the businesses…

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Taking place over the weekend of October 19-20, this year’s Carole Nash Motorcycle Mechanics Show will have, as guest of honour, multi-world sidecar champion Steve Webster. The show’s resident compere, ex-racer Steve Plater, will be interviewing Webster on stage over the weekend, focusing on the highs, and lows, of his illustrious career on three wheels…

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The Classic Motorcycle Day at Crich Tramway Village near Matlock proved to be a roaring success for the third year on the trot. The event, run by Crich Tramway Village and the Vincent HRD Owners’ Club, not only had in excess of 1800 visitors in attendance, but also attracted around 400 motorcycles built prior to…

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Despite the early July weekend being one of the busiest in the classic bike calendar, Julie Diplock of Elk Promotions managed to stage another superb Southern Classic bike show at the showground in Ardingly, Sussex, writes Ian Kerr. A few brief showers did not deter too many from attending the usual mix of a classic…

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With London being a focus for the motorcycle press of late purely due to emissions regulations, Dave Manning finds that there is at least one good reason to head to the Smoke! There’s a great deal of talk as to where the future of classic motorcycling lies, and much discussion focuses on ways to bring…

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For the second year on the trot, Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire played host to a track day that focussed entirely on products made by Suzuki before 1999, and Dave Manning went along for a look. Suzuki are the only Japanese company to organise a classic track day (although Ducati do track days, as do several…

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